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Northland's Stora Sahavaara Project Initial Test Results Yield
High Grade Iron Ore Pelletizing Feed
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Vancouver, July 26, 2007: Northland Resources Inc. is pleased to
announce that it has completed the initial metallurgical test program
for its Stora Sahavaara iron project located in northern Sweden.
Earlier this year, Northland mined a 2,000 tonne underground bulk
sample of which 240 tonnes was shipped to an independent Canadian
metallurgical lab, SGS Lakefield Research, Ltd. ("SGS"). SGS conducted
pilot-plant, beneficiation test work based upon the results of previous
bench-scale work reported in Northland's news releases dated February
12 and 15, 2007.
The process involves crushing the raw mined material to a small enough
size to enable magnetic separation and flotation to concentrate the
magnetite into high iron pellet feed. Test results indicate that
magnetite ore from the deposit will produce a high-grade pelletizing
feed (concentrate) with a typical average composition of:
Assay Total Iron S SiO2 Al2O3 MgO TiO2 P2O5 CaO MnO
Wt% 67.0 0.06 0.97 0.31 4.41 0.1 <0.01 0.02 0.18
SGS processed approximately 50 tonnes of iron ore and produced 26
tonnes of concentrate. Preliminary evaluations suggest that overall
recovery of magnetite is anticipated to be approximately 90 percent.
Based on the results of Northland's initial evaluations of concentrate
and from commercial pelletizing operational data, it is anticipated
that sulphur will be largely removed during the commercial pelletizing
operations, with the final sulphur levels expected to be approximately
0.01 percent.
The concentrates generated during pilot plant operations are currently
being prepared and blended prior to dispatch to various facilities for
pelletizing test work. This test work will begin as planned in
September at COREM in Canada, and at Corus Group's R&D Centre in the
Netherlands.
"The ability to demonstrate high recovery of iron and the production of
a concentrate with a low percentage of deleterious elements is another
step forward toward production at Stora Sahavaara," said Buck Morrow,
President of Northland. "In addition, we are pleased that Corus, a
subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's sixth largest steel producer,
will conduct pelletizing test work on our concentrate."
Additional information will be released when the final SGS report is
completed.
Qualified Person
The metallurgical work was performed under the supervision of Paul
Marsden, VP Metallurgical Development and Operations for Northland. Mr.
Marsden is a member of the IMMM, a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered
Scientist and is the Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101
responsible for overseeing the design and execution of the
metallurgical test work program at Stora Sahavaara. M. Marsden has
verified that the results presented here have been accurately
summarized from the results reported to Northland.
About Northland (www.northlandresourcesinc.com)
Northland is a well-structured, debt free junior exploration company
with a portfolio of high quality iron, gold, and base metal exploration
projects in Sweden and Finland.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Buck Morrow"
NORTHLAND RESOURCES INC.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not take
responsibility for the accuracy of this release.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Northland Resources Inc.
Buck Morrow, President
Ralph Rushton, Investor Relations
Toll Free: 1-866-719-8962
www.northlandresourcesinc.com
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